Tire-armor.



S. HUNTER.

TlRE ARHOR. APPLICATION mso m4. H4915.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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' line 01" Fig. 1-, 5 is l3! iil i filliiio Applies (/ll'irhom ii may (Loner/9 a: Be it known that LS-nmar- Hi1 aitizen of the limited States resif 7 Syracuse, in the CSUIiiZ}? of ()nanch State of New York have invent;

juniors: and I do declare the iollawin ha a full, clear, invention, such in the aria iii which it ap 'mriains :70 Duh.) and use he flame.

ly inn iiirm relates .1:: imprm tire :HlllOl and has ior irs uhii a levies of this rharacto which in; he applied in any m rim, which ill in construction, ullicien't in epcratiui which although having a 1111i skid chains will. not imitilata lxl manner.

in reducing lhe invention to an operative structure, I employ ceriairi novel l aturn-s of canstruction and cmabiiiar hereinafter described and claimed 0i an auto'mahile W llem the applicz 53011 of the mg. :2 15 a transvai I L a 'he plan view of one of the units m? which thi" smctL-d; Fig. 4 is an enlarged skis ele iion showing more particularly the ii1- structinn oi the connecting means aniplayri for uniting the two ends or" the armor, and Fig. 5 is a View similar to .l. but sli ing a slightly different form 05 co' Si 1fll( In these dlraivin gs sonstitiirir this application, an

having til usual riii being aquippecl 1th pneumatic tirthe DI'GSGlli? 1m skiclciiiig and a amount of Wear.

pmiect independent uni coiled springs. 1

In Figs. 1 to 4- inclusive, each unit armor is canwith said 1 0i thearmor is shown comprising a i'iai strip 2 of pliable material, such for insi'armc as leather or reinforced rubber these strips being, in practice, approximately two inches in width and of a length siiliicieiii; i=1; 8111- the enter )la 4*: which 1311 and \Yllilfii is p to uniform to erabl the curvature of th (in i' ui-Ttl. mors, the plate 4; IS eqm 79d with any i form of projection 5 eiliec'tiva ing; skidding aria ("Ll to constitute meat with the mail 02d. Se-

7 1* opposite z of the siri is a {mi 1 like- Wisa am) he 0'5 any 'n, the mile;- i being s 8 for 1 suitably plurah .110, p use of rendering the armor atiacaahle and detachable, the end plates 7 of ears of the units 1, rather than being pr0- rifled with two awnings d isprovicled with 1g in. one of i ts side edges and in at :02- side edge the bill hook o erlying i'is shank as clearly in 's. donating with tha hock 8' second hash 11 whose shank is pivoted he plaie in s'iion ai a point spaced dly frem his hook S., he hill of this hook 1i riii' rl i a 0 a considerable dish 7 I liS aonstrum {ion the (ya "1?, spring 9 may be hooked 0' when the hook 11 1S rais ail look 13. may be likewise Engaged i a -*3" 'r d rlama. 15 mole a EIlW'fliCiiY ii an the shank .m 55 Eng GOV,

suliiciant mstanca H g of the hook 8 to allow hill oi ihis hook 11 to enter ihc il lel iiii: spring; is then released, the pivoted hook will be eilfeccively retained in its active positien until it is.

manually releasad,

From the foregoing; lescription, 'akii in cannection the- .accoinpanying (1172mm iiigs, it will b0 seen that a very efiicieiir, tire stirrups 21 which pass around the nrinor has been provided ye one which will onstru ion and which marketed the device may be be very simple in may be lnfiXpGnSlVely The various parts of made of any eppropriute n'niteriul for cerrcctly performing their functic 1., such nut-- teriel being unessentinl in so fur as the present application is concerned.

As ndditionni means for securing the armor to the Wheel and tire, I may eni flog the construction shown in Fig. 5 if desired, in which case, theunits l of the armor are equipped with end plates '7" construeted in the manner above set forth, but being further provided with openings 7 in their inner edges which receive appropriate fitS- tenors 20 carried by the ends of straps or run It as I clearly shown in this iigu re.

I claim as my intention:

1. In a tire armor, .11, unit eswin'irl'li' flat pliable strip adapted to be :ositimicd transversely upon a tire, a metal wear plate secured to the center of the strip on its outer surface, flat metal end plates secured to the ends of said strip on said outer surface, and chains overlying the opposite portions of said strip and secured at their ends to the wear and end plates, in combination with a ph'u'slity of similar midis, q t E n liy extending elen'ienis-j e. 1-:. in o tire armor, uv unit r11. 0: phall material t' ifsice :1 pair i seemone to each end of tlie sir outer surface, the in'ner facing ed wear and end. plates lmving opt the outer side edges of the end plat wise having o 'ienings, and it pair [it 1 chains overlying the opposite. end porti v of the strip between the weer and end. plates and. having their endmost linkspassed 45 through the openings in the inner opposed thereofl in combination lth :1. "nat similar unit and unit i d plates In testl whereof I he my hand in presence of two SHlJSCt 

